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Fearless ferrets fight for fashion freedom.

 
 
Mist combats dehydration
13:43 / 12.10.05
A shop that exclusively sells clothes for ferrets? Another market gap closed, and many people wondering: "Why didnīt I think of that?"

Still, capitalism can be hard for a young and struggling enterprise as Simon Bishop, owner of the fashion shop "Ferret World", soon found out, when he meddled with brand names.

The Daily Telegraph has the details (excerpt):
The people at the fashion house Burberry have become used to dealing with their best-known design being taken in vain, what with all those chavs sporting counterfeit Far Eastern versions of the black, white, red and beige check.

But there really are limits, you know. And that limit is ferret wear.

Or rather Ferret World, reputedly Britain's only ferret accessory shop, which is facing the threat of legal action after daring to advertise clothing for the cuddly little animals purporting to be "in the famous Burberry design".


Full article here.



Some more press for and from Mr. Bishop here.

Website of Ferret World here.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
14:30 / 12.10.05
Somebody should sue him for cruelty to ferrets.
 
 
Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
(prev. West Baltimore Hausing Project)
15:07 / 12.10.05
First race, now chavs - Mist, could you go for the hat-trick by innocently quoting something eye-wateringly sexist? Dave Sim's always good.

God, I hate the Telegraph.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
18:55 / 12.10.05
Damn fine thread title though.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
19:05 / 12.10.05
Isn't Burberry just the name of that particular tartan pattern?

And it's Ferrets, for fuck's sake- that's not to diss Ferrets, just that there surely isn't much crossover appeal that the Ferret company could be stealing?

Wankers.
 
 
Mist combats dehydration
20:42 / 12.10.05
I almost mixed that up with Blueberry, that old Jean Giraud Comic.

But really, why sue? That just makes them look bad, and gives the ferret fetish free publicity. What do people dress those ferrets up, anyway?

And Dave Sim? Those comics were about aardvarks, Haus, not ferrets. I believe I finally saw the last issue recently?
 
 
Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
(prev. West Baltimore Hausing Project)
21:51 / 12.10.05
I could explain the whole gag, but I'm not sure it would be profitable.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
23:43 / 12.10.05
That ferret doesn't look all that fearless to me. Looks like a wuss in that outfit, with his belly exposed. If he was wearing the skin of the tabby cat he'd just killed, that would be fearless.
 
 
Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.
(prev. Stoatie's power level is >9000)
23:49 / 12.10.05
Xoc- that's actually the pelt of another ferret he's just killed. He's like the ferret Ed Gein.
 
 
Mist combats dehydration
00:00 / 13.10.05
Xoc- that's actually the pelt of another ferret he's just killed. He's like the ferret Ed Gein.

Now imagine: dancing ferret...in front of mirror...tucking its tail between its legs...
 
 
Mourne Kransky
00:08 / 13.10.05
It rubs the lotion on its pelt. It does this whenever it is told.
 
 
Mist combats dehydration
00:20 / 13.10.05
And thatīs how this guy keeps his shop going, secretly sewing in his cellar...
 
 
Mourne Kransky
00:32 / 13.10.05
And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?

Ferrets. The ferrets were screaming.
 
 
A fall of geckos
14:45 / 13.10.05
I would pay good money to see a ferret version of Silence of the Lambs. Possibly produced in mad ferret CGI.
Or claymation.

Slight tangent, here's a bunch of mp3s from Silence of the Lambs, the musical.

Including the song Put The Fucking Lotion in the Basket.
 
 
Ex
14:53 / 13.10.05
And surely the ferrets are exactly the kinf of customer Burberry wants? They smack of the sporting outdoor life, trecking up the Caingorms with your retainers following. None of yer urban shopping-mall fol-de-rol.

I suppose the tiny furry funsters are a bit declasse - I bet if they were Irish Wolfhound coats Burberry would be gleeful.
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
15:06 / 13.10.05
It would never happen, Burberry don't do long hair coats.

However, a Thompsons Gazelle in a burberry mini-skirt and matching handbag would would just scream haute couture.
 
 
Mist combats dehydration
17:26 / 13.10.05
@An Unkindness of Geckos

I just listened to the Musical. Wow, thanks, that alone makes all the ferret suffering worth it.

The part with Bill singing "put the fucking poodle in the basket" is inspiring, and the guy singing Clarice making his sīs shīs is a nice touch.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
17:31 / 13.10.05
Great ferret fashion spread in G2 in the Guardian today. Tried to find a link on the Guardian website but no luck. Their Pete Doherty and Kate Moss mustelids were very fine. Never seen a ferret smoke before.

Ferrets are the East17 and Danniella Westbrook of the vermin world. I bet Burberry wouldn't have been so upset if they'd had stoat or ermine dressed in their fabric.
 
 
Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.
(prev. Stoatie's power level is >9000)
21:27 / 13.10.05
Somebody should sue him for cruelty to ferrets.

Have you ever tried getting a ferret to wear something it didn't like?

Well, neither have I, to be fair, but still...
 
 
Triplets
(prev. I AM THE DARK! I AM THE NIGHT!)
22:10 / 13.10.05
I, for one, would like to see Stoat in a Burberry cap.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
22:47 / 13.10.05
Nah. Unless they make these:

Très chic!
 
 
Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown
23:17 / 13.10.05
Is it me, or does that ferret look pretty damn schloshed? I think that little ferret-tuxedo came with one too many complimentary martinis...shaken, not stirred.
 
 
Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.
(prev. Stoatie's power level is >9000)
23:17 / 13.10.05
How much would you like to see it?

In pounds?
 
 
Malarki
01:17 / 14.10.05
Now, now Mr Stoatie, you obviously don't remember some of those Waldeck Road nights as well as others, and for good reason, we have the photographic evidence somewhere....

I looked after a friends ferrets (including a fat one called Elvis) last summer and wouldn't wanna get inna fight with them and neither did my cats (ask Stoatie, you don't fuck wiv da cats). They've got a bite worse than something with a really nasty bite and worse than that they smell of piss! But Burberry??!! Look, the factory outlets just down the road from me, I got petrol, old milk bottles and rags. Anyone got a lighter and a spare half-hour?
 
 
Mist combats dehydration
12:58 / 22.04.06
Attention please!

Itīs only eight months til christmas, so now here are some presents ideas for the distinguished ferret:

ferret clothes




 
 
Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.
(prev. Stoatie's power level is >9000)
13:50 / 22.04.06
If a ferret had really big trousers, what animal would he keep down them?
 
 
Sniv
13:52 / 22.04.06
There's a TV show in those pictures just waiting to be made... oh, and that bunny-ferret? Thanks for the nightmares.
 
 
iamus
15:45 / 22.04.06
See all the shameful, embarrassing things we as a species have done in the name of dressing animals up in clothes (see here in general, but, oh god oh god, here specifically)?


They're all absolved by that second wee ferret.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
16:17 / 22.04.06
If a ferret had really big trousers, what animal would he keep down them?

The parts of the rabbit he wasn't wearing.
 
 
Katherine
14:06 / 18.10.07
As per the Happy thread...

Please add your info/link to Barbelithīs own thread for ferret fashion.

Sorry Mist.... here you go!
 
  
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